1 Kings 13:31 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:”

1 Kings 13:31 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 13:31 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 13:31 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.”

1 Kings 13:31 — World English Bible

1 Kings 13:31 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. ”

1 Kings 13:31 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 13:31 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And it cometh to pass, after his burying him, that he speaketh unto his sons, saying, `At my death--ye have buried me in the burying-place in which the man of God is buried; near his bones place my bones;”

1 Kings 13:31 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 13:31 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And it came to pass after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons saying, When I am dead, bury me in the sepulchre in which the man ofGod is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. ”

1 Kings 13:31 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 13:31 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And when he had buried him, hee spake to his sonnes, saying, When I am dead, burie ye mee also in the sepulchre, wherein the man of God is buried: lay my bones beside his bones.”

1 Kings 13:31 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 13:31 in Context — 1 Kings 13

29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth–el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

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What Does 1 Kings 13:31 Mean?

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